We're running out of dreams! More bedtime guided meditations for kids?

September 28, 2015 5:39 PM

My five-year-old has gotten hooked on guided meditations like this at bedtime. Can you recommend any great sources for more meditations like this?

I'm surprised how much I'm enjoying the "being guided into a dream" style along with him, and I'd love to encourage this as a path to "actual" meditation later. Because of how our bedtime routine works, I'd prefer to find recorded audio rather than things for me to read out loud--although if there's really amazing text I could just record it myself.

posted by cogitron to Media & Arts (3 answers total)

Best answer: Oh hai! I used to tell my kids made-up stories, called, "Close Your Eyes Stories." I wrote one down and you can have it for free here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1owyTnH6_doWORA7xofoQd8wynBNDlZgpKvNNXB9XfFc/edit?usp=sharing

Hope that link works, if it doesn't, MeMail me and I will send you the text. They loved them. I had one with clouds, too.
posted by Marie Mon Dieu at 5:50 PM on September 28, 2015 [2 favorites]

Best answer: Check out "Charlie Channel Bedtime Buddy" (sorry, on phone so no link). My son is 6 and we've worn through our CD!
posted by Empidonax at 9:24 PM on September 28, 2015 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Take a look at Meditation Oasis on iTunes. There's an episode called "Sleep Meditation for Children" that is obviously geared towards kids. My daughter, however, likes all of the other ones too. One of her old standards is simply entitled "Deep Rest." She has been listening to them since she was 5.
posted by Ostara at 9:34 PM on September 28, 2015 [1 favorite]